The purpose of healthcare in Finland is to maintain and improve people's health, well-being, employment, functional capacity and social security, as well as to reduce health inequalities The system is based on preventive health care and comprehensive, well-managed health services. The MSAH (Ministry of Social Affairs and Health) is responsible for social and health policy and the preparation of associated legislation. (MSAH, 2013) The Finnish healthcare system went through major changes after the Second World War and the entire publicly organized system was a success story. In the 1940s, a network of maternity and child health clinics was established, and soon after, women's life expectancy increased by nearly nine years. (Sitra, 2009.) A great way to bring a pregnant woman to maternity clinics were “maternity boxes”, a great Finnish innovation. Maternity boxes also received a lot of publicity abroad, when the BBC published a news report entitled “Why do Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes?” According to journalist Lee, "the box provided mothers with what they needed to care for their baby, but it also helped steer pregnant women into the arms of the doctors and nurses of the nascent Finnish welfare state. In the 1930s the Finland was a poor country and infant mortality was high: 65 out of 1,000 children died, but the figures improved rapidly in the following decades. I'm sure this big thanks belongs to the maternity boxes health and welfare in Helsinki, the reasons are many: despite the maternity wards, but also the national health system and the central hospital network (Lee, H. 2013.) Health services are made up of two parts: health care of base and s...... middle of paper ......to urinate under the full moon. Circumcisio is very common in Ethiopia. It is done to almost all men and 90% of women. This is also a huge health risk. (Hodes, R. 1997.) Cultural issues can also cause a lot of damage in European countries, although they are very different from Ethiopia's problems. There are people living from all over the world in the UK. This is a big challenge for doctors and nurses: the language and cultural background can be very strange. I think Finland will slowly face the same problem: we have many immigrants, but very often we don't speak their language or know their cultural habits. In my opinion the lifestyle in the UK and Finland is more or less the same and poses a significant health risk: meanwhile, when people in Ethiopia are starving, the Finns and the English eat junk food and drink too much alcohol, which makes them sick..